Browser extensions are hard to trust
Many exporters require extension permissions, cloud integrations, remote conversion servers, or opaque background scripts. This project keeps the first version simple and auditable.
Local-first · Auditable · Privacy-preserving
Export Claude.ai web chats to Markdown without installing a browser extension.
Claude Web Chat Conversation Exporter is a small browser-console script for saving the current Claude.ai web conversation as a local Markdown file.
Working as of 2026-07. Claude.ai is a changing web app, so watch the repo and report breakage if the UI changes.
Why this exists
AI chats contain real work
Claude conversations often contain plans, code reasoning, research notes, debugging trails, drafts, and reusable project context.
Local export should be boring
Open the conversation, run the script, download a Markdown file. No backend. No analytics. No third-party upload.
What it does
Exports Human messages and final Claude responses.
Saves the result as a local Markdown file.
Runs from the browser console on the Claude.ai page.
Uses the currently visible Claude web session.
Skips status/timeline/thinking-only rows in the baseline export.
Shows a small progress overlay during export.
Visual demo
Screenshots
Demo clips
The demo is split into two continuation clips.
Use cases
Personal knowledge bases
Save useful Claude conversations into Obsidian, Logseq, GitHub repos, project folders, or local archives.
Coding and technical work
Preserve debugging sessions, architecture decisions, code explanations, and implementation notes.
Multi-AI workflows
Move conversation context between Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, local models, and other tools.
Research and planning
Turn long AI discussions into versioned Markdown files you can search, cite, review, and reuse.
Current limitations
- Markdown export only.
- Claude.ai web chat only.
- No TXT export yet.
- No generated-file/artifact export yet.
- No optional thinking/status/timeline export yet.
- No Chrome extension yet.
- Claude.ai UI changes may break selectors.